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Audio Lessons
Here's where the members of Tarot for Real-Life can access their audio lessons. There's a new one every Sunday!
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#43 August 25th - The Suits as Actions
In this lesson we will look at the suits and cards as actions and learn how to think in actionable terms to facilitate "how to" readings, advice and mapping out solutions to different situations.
#42 August 18th - How to Determine a Card's Meaning Without Reversals
There are many more nuances to a card than upright and reverse, and in this lesson, we will go through two examples that show how to add that nuance based on the spread's context.
#41 August 11th - The Shiny Side of the Darkest Cards
This time around, we explore the brighter aspects of the cards that get the worst rap, as opposed to last week's lesson. They say every cloud has its silver lining, and that's what we are going to discover in this audio!
#40 August 4th - The Dark Side of the Shiniest Cards
In today's class we explore the dark aspects of the, in my opinion, "best" or so called most positive cards of the Tarot deck (even though I don't believe in assigning an absolute value to the cards). Check it out and share your thoughts!
#39 July 28th - House of Fate: One Spread, Two Methods
The House of Fate is a fantastic option when you want to do a predictive general reading and it works great with any system. Discover two different ways to go about it!
#38 July 21st - 3 Daily Exercises to Improve Interpretation, Prediction and Reflection
Sharpen your reading skills with these alternatives to a simple "card of the day" that will help you get better at interpreting, predicting, reflecting and understanding tarot.
#37 July 14th - Unemployment and Job Search Problems in Tarot
Long-term unemployment is a rising concern and one that we need to be ready to assist our querents with! Let's look at some common issues and how to identify them in a reading to offer the best guidance.
#36 July 7th - The Three Weirdest Questions
Sometimes, you get asked some questions that may be rather puzzling, but with the right techniques, there's a way to answer anything with tarot. Listen to see how!
#35 June 30th - Miscellaneous Q&A
Today we will be going through a compendium of five different questions that touch different aspects of Tarot reading, from enhancing the experience with the decks, to setting boundaries and dismantling myths.
#34 June 23rd - Voice and Vision: An Exercise to Expand your Views
In this lesson, I share my experience during my collaboration with the Voice and Vision Tarot by Ciro Marchetti and how this exercise helped me expand my views on card meanings.
#33 June 16th - Character Creation with Tarot
Character creation may not be your thing, but the technique is! Learn what using tarot creatively can do for your interpreting skills and have fun while you're at it!
#32 June 9th -Embodying the Court Cards
This lesson has been inspired by a conversation that I had earlier this week with Toni Savory. Join me in exploring the changes that we go through and how they affect how we come up as court cards.
#31 June 2nd - A Deep Dive through the Elements: Elemental Interactions
Join me in this deep dive through the elements of tarot. On this fifth and last week, learn to break down situations into elements and how these interact in the favour or detriment of the situation asked.
#30 May 26th - A Deep Dive through the Elements: Earth
Join me in this deep dive through the elements of tarot. On this fouth week, Earth and how it affects each of the cards that it corresponds with.
#29 May 19th - A Deep Dive through the Elements: Water
Join me in this deep dive through the elements of tarot. On this third week, Water and how it affects each of the cards that it corresponds with.
#28 May 12th - A Deep Dive through the Elements: Fire
Join me in this deep dive through the elements of tarot. On this second week, Fire and how it affects each of the cards that ir corresponds with.
#27 May 5th - A Deep Dive through the Elements: Air
Join me in this deep dive through the elements of tarot. This week, we start with Air and how it affects each of the cards that ir corresponds with.
#26 April 28th - Mixing Systems - Blend Tarot and Oracle Cards
Sometimes an outsider can give us great advice, and this also applies to the cards! When we are familiarized with a system, it can be nice to bring something else to the table that adds a new nuance to the reading. Learn to mix Tarot and Oracle cards!
#25 April 21st - Pulling Extra Cards: When, Why and How?
Clarifiers, shadow cards, jumpers... Our table can end up full of cards in the blink of an eye, and it often adds more confusion than clarity. This lesson explores the idea of pulling extra cards with a purpose, careful consideration and a method.
#24 April 14th - Contradictory Cards and What to Do
In this lesson, we will go throught three different scenarios in which the cards can be contradictory and see different ways to approach it as well as go through three exercises to help you widen your perspective of the cards.
#23 April 7th - The Colours in Tarot
This member-suggested lesson deals with the colors that are most often found in tarot and what they can add to your reading, with a special focus on the backgrounds and the climate that they create around the reading and its context.
#22 March 31st - Similar Cards, Different Meanings
This lesson goes through five pairings of cards that often bring some confusion for the similarities between them: The High Priestess and The Moon, The Five of Wands and Five of Swords, Justice and Judgement, The Three of Swords and The Seven of Swords, and The Chariot and The Six of Swords.
#21 March 24th - A 360º View of the Cards
With the exercise presented today in this lesson, you will be able to understand and integrate the cards through and through! Get pen and paper or print the working sheet attached and get to know the cards like the palm of your hand. No more "What does this card mean?"
#20 March 17th - To Reverse or Not to Reverse and Why to Reverse (Or Not)
Tarot reversals are among the hottest topics when it comes to dissenting opinions in the tarot community. Do you have to? Do you not have to? Why or why not? And most importantly, what for? Well, I don't have the ultimate answer, but I can give you some pointers and exercises for you to come to your own conclusion here.
#19 March 10th - When a Court Card is the Outcome: Survival Kit
Truth be told, having a Court Card as the outcome of your tarot reading can be confusing and uncomfortable, leading to vague answers in the best case and "I don't know what's this even" in the worst. Listen to this clase and fear no more!
#18 March 3rd - Enhance your Tarot Readings with a Pendulum
Pendulum dowsing can be used for so much more than answering yes or no questions. Incorporate this testing technique with a pendulum into your pre-reading and reading and get even more information out of the cards. It's very easy!
#17 February 25th - Negative Cards in Positive Contexts and Viceversa
Raise your hand if you have ever been puzzled by a card that has a terrible fame showing up in a position of advice or highlighting a positive thing. In this lesson, we will learn how to cultivate this way of thinking so that you can interpret the cards according to their context.
#16 February 18th - Reading without a Question: A Reader's Worst Nightmare Resolved!
Would you rather pluck the hair in your toes with chopsticks than do a general reading? Don't fear them anymore! In this lesson, we will walk through the steps necessary to give a cohesive and relevant reading even when there's no question available.
#15 February 11th - Interrogate the Major Arcana
How can you make the Major Arcana more practical, approachable and relevant? In today's lesson, we'll go through a list of questions to interrogate the Majors that make it to your table to have a greater understanding of their role in it.
#14 February 4th - Spring Clean in Your Reader's Brain - Back to the Basics
Today, I'm taking you on a journey through the first materials I ever had about tarot and how they have impacted my journey as a reader. Discover the surprising impact that this initial contact can have and dig in your own personal journey to deepen your understanding of who you are as a reader.
#13 Jan 28th - A Battle Between The Lovers and The Two of Cups
One reading, two cards, two relationships to decide between, but... Who is who? Listen to this lesson to learn keys that will help you identify people or situations in a reading in which more than one relationship, person or opportunity is at play.
#12 Jan 21st - Tarot Houses - A Crazy Experiment Part II
In the second part of Tarot Houses - A Crazy Experiment, we go through a new sample reading as well as some concepts that were not entirely clear the first time around. What are houses for, exactly? Here, we find out!
#11 Jan 14th - Setting Goals with Tarot
Sometimes readings are not about whether something will happen, but about how to make something happen. Follow along in this class to learn a technique to get clarity for yourself or your querents when figuring out a way out of the mess or towards a goal.
#10 Jan 7th - A Technique Mixing Pre-Selected and Random Cards
Today's lesson will show you a way to work with pre-selected cards and randomized cards to get answers to your pressing questions. This is ideal for reading for yourself as well as for others.
#9 Dec 31st - Tarot Houses - A Crazy Experiment
You asked to be let into my experiments and I delivered! Walk with me through a sphere of houses that goes through the entire Tarot deck based on an adaptation of the method proposed by the author of Kalat Cards.
#8 Dec 24th - Make Your Voice and Your Querent's Match
Sometimes it's not about what we say but how do we say it in order for the message to land effectively. In this lesson, we will explore different techniques to finetune your voice to the querent's to improve communication.
#7 Dec 17th - Decans But with Vampires
In a previous lesson, I let you into my astrological experiments, so it continues! This time around, we will see what the Decans can do for us in a reading, and we'll do it with Vampires with the help of the book Phantasmagoria, companion book to the Vampire Tarot by Ian Daniels.
#6 Dec 10th - To Ask or Not to Ask and How to Ask
Questions are an integral part of our work as readers and sometimes, there's no right way to ask (or is there?) In this lesson, we walk through what to do, how to do it, and is it even a good idea to do it?
#5 Dec 3rd - The Fountain Spread
In this lesson we will go through The Fountain Spread as described in the book Untold Tarot by Caitlín Matthews. A dynamic style of reading that just flows!
#4 Nov 26th - Let's Read for Advice, But First, Let's See what the Advice is
Today we will work with reading in a style that focuses on giving (requested) advice to our querents. We will discover how to identify the advice given by the cards and how it goes with the situation.
#3 Nov 19th - My Astrology Experiment
Tag along with me in my latest Astrology experiment where we will explore the astrological associations of the cards to add a flavor to our reading.
#2 Nov 12th - Explain Tarot to your Cat and Other Ways to Cultivate your Extrapolation Skills
In today's audio lesson, we will work on working with more flexible and adaptable meanings as we learn to "translate" the essence of the cards according to the context. We will also see a few ways to play around with the cards to enrich our meaning associations.
#1 Nov 5th - The Multiple Uses of Knighting in a Tableau Disposition
Knighting your tarot cards can reveal multiple associations of meaning that are not obvious at first glance. Learn how this technique can enhance your readings.